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[33]
Now, in the first year of the king's reign, Darius feasted those
that were about him, and those born in his house, with the rulers of the
Medes, and princes of the Persians, and the toparchs of India and Ethiopia,
and the generals of the armies of his hundred and twenty-seven provinces.
But when they had eaten and drunk to satiety, and abundantly, they every
one departed to go to bed at their own houses, and Darius the king went
to bed; but after he had rested a little part of the night, he awaked,
and not being able to sleep any more, he fell into conversation with the
three guards of his body, and promised, that to him who should make an
oration about points that he should inquire of, such as should be most
agreeable to truth, and to the dictates of wisdom, he would grant it as
a reward of his victory, to put on a purple garment, and to drink in cups
of gold, and to sleep upon gold, and to have a chariot with bridles of
gold, and a head tire of fine linen, and a chain of gold about his neck,
and to sit next to himself, on account of his wisdom; "and,"
says he, "he shall be called my cousin." Now when he had promised
to give them these gifts, he asked the first of them, "Whether wine
was not the strongest?"--the second, "Whether kings were not
such?" — and the third, "Whether women were not such? or whether truth
was not the strongest of all?" When he had proposed that they should
make their inquiries about these problems, he went to rest; but in the
morning he sent for his great men, his princes, and toparchs of Persia
and Media, and set himself down in the place where he used to give audience,
and bid each of the guards of his body to declare what they thought proper
concerning the proposed questions, in the hearing of them all.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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